La Rochelle - Île de Ré Airport is an airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located 2.5 km northwest of La Rochelle

La Rochelle

La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988...

, a commune

Communes of the Charente-Maritime département

The following is a list of the 472 communes of the Charente-Maritime département in France.* Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle, created in 2000.* Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Rochefortais, created in 2000....

of the département of Charente-Maritime

Charente-Maritime

Charente-Maritime is a department on the west coast of France named after the Charente River.- History :Previously a part of Saintonge, Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...

 in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. The airport also serves Île de Ré

Île de Ré

Île de Ré is an island off the west coast of France near La Rochelle, on the northern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait....

, which is accessible via a bridge from La Rochelle.

Airlines and destinations

Traffic and statistics

La Rochelle Airport welcomed 180,927 passengers in 2006, an increase of 41,8 % compared to 2005, and of 18,5% per annum on the last 5 years. It's the biggest airport in the region, before Poitiers

Poitiers

Poitiers is a city on the Clain river in west central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and of the Poitou-Charentes region. The centre is picturesque and its streets are interesting for predominant remains of historical architecture, especially from the Romanesque...

Airport. Currently, La Rochelle airport traffic evolution is one of the highest in France. The traffic is envisaged to double in 2015.

Traffic by calendar year

	Passengers	Change from previous year	Movements |
2002	91 854	19.8%	35 271
2003	93 802	2.1%
2004	100 404	7.0%	33 432
2005	127 563	27.0%	26 573
2006	180 980	41.9%	32 689
2007	220 577	21.9%	32 974
2008	215 145	2.5%	33 212
2009	168 969	21.5%	30 145
2010	191 599	13.4%	29 736
Source: Union des aéroports Français

External links

• La Rochelle - Île de Ré Airport (official site)
• Aéroport de La Rochelle - Ile de Ré (Union des Aéroports Français)